Megaslaughter "Calls From The Beyond" LP Cabal Nihilist

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MEGASLAUGHTER "Calls From Beyond" " original LP on Thrash Records (1991). Vinyl is in MINT condition, and has only been played once or twice (like new). Cover is NEAR MINT and only has a few very minor flaws. Some of the corners are showing a tiny bit of wear (but not much at all, see for yourself in the photos!). And there are a few light marks on the surface of the back side of the cover, and a sticker on the back cover with the catalog number.   No major bends, splits, or any other major defects. The cover is almost as perfect as the vinyl, but not quite. Not sure how many were pressed, but this record is 17 years old, and LONG OUT OF PRINT!!!  This is my ONLY copy, so bid now or cry later!

MEGASLAUGHTER  was a seriously under rated death metal band from Sweden.  Would appeal to fans of Entombed, Nihilist, Dismember, Carnage, Macrodex, Merciless, Nirvana 2002, Crematory, Expulsion, Abhoth, Autopsy, Murder Squad, Desultory, Grave, Putrefaction, House Of Usher, Crypt Of Kerberos, Utumno, Treblinka, Tiamat, Unleashed, Grotesque, Carbonized, Therion, Centinex, Sorcery, etc. 

Songs featured on this LP are as follows:

Side A:
Blood Runs Free
Raise The Dead
False Paradise
Shreds Left Behind

Side B:
Death Remains
Into The Decay
Calls From The Beyond
Bloodshed

Here's a review of this monumental LP:
    "Mega Slaughter were an obscure group from Gothenburg who only released a couple of demos and this hard-to-find LP on the French label Thrash Records. As I understand, this album was only released on vinyl and was never promoted very well outside of Sweden. This makes it a very sought after gem from the early Swedish death metal underground.
    The music found on this album is dark, mostly mid-paced death metal with the occasional thrash influences. But what makes this album different from other Swedish releases of the time is that these guys don't always sound typically Swedish (i.e. trying to copy Entombed and Carnage). Yes, the guitars are still very down-tuned and there's parts of certain songs that will make you wonder if Matti Karki somehow had his hands involved in this; but for every "typical" Swedish riff on this album there are 3 or more riffs that have a very American death metal sound to them. I hear lots of influences from Autopsy, Obituary and Baphomet in some of the slower, chunky riffs that are accompanied by a rolling double bass beat. You can hear these in just about every song on this LP.
    Production-wise, the sound is good for a professional demo or 7" recording, but because this is a full-length it leaves you wishing that these guys could have afforded a better studio. Don't get me wrong, everything is still audible and the guitars and drums are mixed well (for the most part - the double bass does sound a little hollow at times); but occasionally during the fast-paced sections when all of the instruments are at full-blast everything gets a little chaotic and muffled. The vocals are very cool, somewhere between a deep growl and high shriek and produced with a good amount of reverb. They're just a tad high in the mix, but you can understand what the vocalist is singing most of the time. He has a very catchy and aggressive style which never gets boring.
    The songs on this LP are fairly lengthy. There are only 8 total tracks, but the album clocks in at around 45:00 minutes. In fact, all of the 8 songs are at least 4:00 minutes long, with 4 of them being close to or above 6:00 minutes in length. The stand-out tracks are the opener "Blood Runs Free" which begins with some very f**ing dark riffing (of the Swedish variety), "False Paradise", "Shreds Left Behind" and "Bloodshed". The latter probably being the best track on the entire record. Fast, dark, very catchy from start to finish and filled with some of the most horrifying vocals you'll ever hear.
    Overall, "Calls from the Beyond" is a solid piece of Swedish death metal that was sadly drowned in a sea of other similar releases at the time. And although it's no "Like an Ever Flowing Stream" in terms of being an essential purchase, for those of us who worship the early Swedish bands this is definitely worth finding."


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